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what are the formalties to join the mercent navy .m not a citizen of india]

To become a seafarer, following streams of entries (Pre-Sea courses) are available to Indian citizens in the Government as well as in private training institutions (recognized and approved by Director General of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping)

You can join merchant navy through two fields:

Nautical science and Marine engineering field
Navigational fields
Now since both the fields are different the eligibility for both of them is also different:
now the field in which you should be interested is Nautical science and Marine engineering field as you can do this after 12 th.

Eligibility criteria for Nautical science and Marine engineering:

You should have passed your 10+2 or an equivalent examination with physics, chemistry and mathematics.

you must be Indian citizen.

Age limit for candidates is 16 years to 19.5 years while training.

If you are filling the eligibility criteria then you can go for the exam.
In order to join the marine engineering you have to give the exam conducted by various institutes or you can opt for marine engineering in your engineering entrance exams.

Exam Syllabus : -

General knowledge - 100 marks
General english - 100 marks
Elementary maths - 100 marks

Selection Process:
written exam
medical tests

If you clear the exam then you will get admitted in the marine engineering course where you will get the training too.

Hi ,

>>You can join merchant navy in any of the following cadres:

-Technical cadre(navigation and all)

-Deck cadets

>>For technical cadre you can choose any one of the following path:

-B.Tech in Marine engineering

-B.SC/B.Tech in any other branch with the 1 year technical pre-sea course

>>For deck cadets course you can join after 10th certificate with the pre-sea DECK

CADET course of 3 months.

All the best